Nancy Schwartz, one of the foremost experts in marketing for nonpofits, passes along handy reminders\u00a0for\u00a0nonprofit execs and others on how to write a bio.<\/p>\n
She recommends:<\/p>\n
\u00a0—No more than two paragraphs. Make note\u00a0of any professional designations, associations and awards. These show you have deep connections in the field.<\/p>\n
\u00a0—Write bios for program, communications, fundraising and other directors—the folks audiences will be dealing with every day.<\/p>\n
\u00a0—Use a good-quality photo.<\/p>\n
My free article “How to write a bio for your press kit”<\/a>\u00a0includes other valuable bio tips for other uses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nancy Schwartz, one of the foremost experts in marketing for nonpofits, passes along handy reminders\u00a0for\u00a0nonprofit execs and others on how to write a bio. She recommends: \u00a0—No more than two paragraphs. Make note\u00a0of any professional designations, associations and awards. These show you have deep connections in the field. \u00a0—Write bios for program, communications, fundraising and\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":3,"wds_primary_category":603,"footnotes":""},"categories":[603],"tags":[626,617],"class_list":{"0":"post-1177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-content-creation","7":"tag-how-to-write-a-bio","8":"tag-nonprofit-marketing","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40553,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1177\/revisions\/40553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}